Letter to the Editor: Has it really been four years since that piece on Horror to which I responded? Having a large batch of children is like stepping into a time acceleration machine. As ...
Despite Our Best Efforts, Letters Still Arrived
Letters on Bait, Baggage, Books and More
Letter to the Editor: Thank you for the reminder to "Not Take the Bait". This, of course, is wise advice. I worry that some numbskull will go off half-cocked and do something really stupid. ...
Letters on the Threshold of June
Letter to the Editor: When it comes to honoring the Sabbath, I have lately been thinking that as automation and artificial intelligence become more common place in our lives, Christians may ...
On Wuh-Supremacy
Introduction: You might be tempted to think that we live in a time when all sorts of things have busted out all over. You know—riots, woke churches, COVID, masking orders, a rumored new album ...
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Three Chess Moves Ahead
Introduction: For various reasons, I consider this post as one of the more important things I have written. Not to overstate it, or to puff it up, or to give way to ungodly hype, but I do believe ...
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COVIDAPALOOZA: LETTERS VERSION
Letter to the Editor: What is missing is proportion. The all-or-nothing approach to this problem only creates more problems and worse problems. I work in a hotbed of the Corona virus--Oakland ...
Today is Tuesday. You Know What That Means.
The Eternal State: Re: “The New Jerusalem” This is compelling. If Revelation 21-22 explain what the bride of Christ looks like, does the Bible explain what things will look like after the return of Christ? Sure, God desires righteousness and justice, and the new heavens and earth would look like that, but it does seem …
Open Thread Tuesday. Not Troll Tuesday at All.
Alabama Senate Race: Re: Hot take on the Alabama Senate election of Dec. 12. You are making the child molestation allegations against Roy Moore the center of the issue. They are nothing of the kind. The allegations should have played exactly the same role in this election as the Access Hollywood tape played in the …
A Richly Deserved Thwapping
Allow me to make a few random observations in pursuit of a larger truth. First, Charles Murry recently wrote a book—By the People—a book that had a marvelous phrase in the subtitle, which was “liberty without permission.” Secondly, and this might seem like a lurch, Nancy and I used to have a very good health …
Adverbial Advent: Advent II
Introduction: Jesus came to this world to save His people from their sins. And so as we celebrate Advent, we should be on tiptoe in excited anticipation of something good. We want to spend this Advent contemplating the way God wants us to mark and celebrate things. It is not just what we celebrate, but …